OSHA recently issued the New Crane and Derricks Final Rule, Subpart CC, which requires all riggers to be “Qualified”; and crane signalers to be “trained”.  Thomas Safety Solutions has developed this "New Crane Standard, Qualified Rigger and Qualified Crane Signalers Seminar", which is designed to deliver the knowledge requirements for Qualified Riggers, as defined by 1926.1401, and Qualified Crane Signaling personnel, as per 1926.1428, to participants.  Participants will learn to calculate weights, load tensions on slings, how to determine weight functions and proper rigging practices and techniques.

Course Objectives:

The qualified rigger participant will learn to do the following:

• Calculate load weight and determine load center of gravity;

• Calculate stress angles and determine the safe working load;

• Select proper hitch, sling, rigging hardware to use and determine safe working load;

• Inspection of the equipment prior to use;

• Control the load and operation;

• Control the lift site and the cranes area of operation.

The Crane Signaler participant will learn and be able to:

• Provide a general overview of crane operations and limitations;

• Describe and demonstrate the standard crane hand signals;

• Explain and demonstrate the correct use of voice signal communication;

• Explain the use of non-standard and new signals;

• Describe the basic safety practices for a crane signal person.

At the completion of the class the student must be able to do the following via final examination and evaluations:

• Calculate load weight and determine load center of gravity;

• Select proper hitch, sling, rigging hardware to use and determine safe working load;

• Inspection of the equipment prior to use;

• Control the load and operation;

• Control the lift site and the cranes area of operation;

• Meet the “Crane Signal Person” requirements.

 And much, much more!

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